Children's National Medical Center

National Institutes of Health, a Component of the US Dept. of Health & Human Services

Peter C W Kim

Axel Krieger

Ryan Decker

Justin Opfermann

Peng Cheng

Yonjae Kim

Martin John Schnermann

Roger Rauhauser Nani

Jaepyeong Cha

Heptamethine cyanines for use as fluorescent markers of the biliary and renal systems are disclosed. Certain heptamethine cyanines exhibit renal system specificity, while others exhibit biliary system specificity. The compounds may be used for diagnostic purposes and/or for visualization of renal or biliary systems during surgery.

Heptamethine cyanines for use as fluorescent markers of the biliary and renal systems

The present disclosure describes a method and system for performing robot-assisted surgical procedures. The system includes a robotic arm system assembly, an end effector assembly, and a hybrid control mechanism for robotic surgery. The robotic arm is a lightweight, bedside robot with a large range of motion, which can be easily manipulated to position endoscope and surgical instruments. The control console is mounted at the distal end of the robotic arm to enable robotic arm to follow operators arm movement, provide physical support, filter out hand tremor, and constrain motion. A universal adapter is also described as an interface to connect traditional laparoscopic tools to the robotic arm.

Hybrid control surgical robotic system

A system and method for corrected imaging including an optical camera that captures at least one optical image of an area of interest, a depth sensor that captures at least one depth map of the area of interest, and circuitry that correlates depth information of the at least one depth map to the at least one optical image to generate a depth image, corrects the at least one optical image by applying a model to address alteration in the respective at least one optical image, the model using information from the depth image, and outputs the corrected at least one optical image for display in 2D and/or as a 3D surface.

3D corrected imaging

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Washington, DC, United States of America

Peter C W Kim